alma mater
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During a 2024 commencement address to his alma mater at the University of Pennsylvania engineering school, Ternus relayed a story about making the Cinema Display, the first Apple product he worked on a quarter-century ago.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
We have no heirs and plan to leave our assets to an endowed scholarship at my alma mater, plus a smaller gift to a local university program.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
He has instituted a system closer to that of his alma mater, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where associates move less freely between working for different partners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
To some donors, their love for their alma mater may outweigh any tax benefit.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
He was returning now after an absence of thirteen years to his old alma mater, Pennsylvania College, in Gettysburg.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
